Brave Girl Bracelet

Just a quick post today...
This is the leather bracelet I made at Brave Girls Camp.

It had many problems.
The biggest issue was that I stamped the letter "a" but it wasn't an "a".
It was a "g". 

How do you fix that?

Add lots of ribbon and buttons of course!



Making the bracelet released a lot of stress-

pounding the leather with a hammer...

I was so inspired by the other bracelet makers at camp!

Each one different,

each one special and

each one so beautiful!

When I have a little extra time,

I will be making more leather bracelets because in all honesty

It is FUN!

My new mantra is "Stay True".

Not bad words to live by-

Not always easy words to live by-

Happy Monday--

Brave Girl Camp 2011

"Life Uncommon"
- written and sung by Jewel

Don't worry mother
it'll be all right

And don't worry sister
say your prayers and sleep tight

It'll be fine
lover of mine

It'll be just fine

Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom

No longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from

Fill your lives with love and bravery

And you shall lead
 a life uncommon

I've heard your anguish

I've heard your hearts cry out

We are tired
We are weary but we aren't worn out

Set down your chains,
until only faith remains

Set down your chains

And lend your voices only to sounds of freedom

No longer lend your strength to that
Which you wish to be free from

Fill your lives with love and bravery

And we shall lead
a life uncommon

There are plenty of people who pray for peace
But if praying were enough it would have come to be

Let your words enslave no one

and the heavens will hush themselves
To hear

our voices ring out clear
With sounds of freedom

Sounds of freedom

Come on you unbelievers,
move out of the way

There is a new army coming

and we are armed with faith

To live, we must give

To live

And lend our voices only to sounds of freedom

No longer lend our strength to that we wish to be free from

Fill your lives with love and bravery

And we shall lead...

 Lend our voices only to sounds of freedom

Lend our strength to that which we wish to be free from

Fill your lives with love and bravery



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and we shall live

A Life Uncommon

 

Sometimes Starting is the Hardest Thing to Do!

I just wasn't quite sure where to begin,
it is like having a giant soup pot filled with ideas and not knowing how to separate them.
So here I go, with my first sip of information...

Brave Girls Camp allowed me precious time to CREATE! 

No interruptions,
No deadlines,
No worries...

(well sort of...I always have worries and I had a Big worry while I was there--
I will share it at another time)

It gave me creative freedom
and let's not forget
an art room as magical as Cinderella's castle.
It was paradise!

It was also so freeing
and yet so connected to my core of who I am and what I believe in!
Your art has a way of doing that...

Here is what I made:
A mix-media canvas...

Totally inspired from Melody Ross and her art!
She had so many of her canvases on the wall of our cabin.
Each one spoke to me and moved me.

Above the coffee, tea, and lemonade stand was a painting that I loved..
It had 2 birds.
Every morning, I would study it. 
The layers, the flow, the details...
I was in aw.
My painting was one of the last projects I did at camp
I was 100% inspired by Miss Melody Ross!
She is magic!